Celebrity Mound

Did Aaron Spelling die of a broken heart? That’s what his wife Candy said, anyway.

In an interview with a Massachusetts radio station Thursday, Candy Spelling lamented the rift that has formed between her daughter, Tori, and the rest of the Spelling family. According to FoxNews.com, Candy went so far as to say Tori’s abandonment of the Spelling crew was a leading cause of Aaron’s death in June 2006.

“It was sad because that’s what killed my husband actually,” she said. “He just didn’t want to live after that. You know, he had done everything … he could possibly do for his daughter and she wanted no part of him once he couldn’t do anything for her.”

Candy noted that the rift was as sudden as it was unexpected. “I don’t know what the anger is. My daughter one day decided that she wasn’t speaking to my husband, myself and my son and that’s how it’s continued for the last, oh gosh, four or five years,” Candy said.

Throughout those four or five years, however, Candy and Tori have had a start and stop relationship. Following Aaron’s death, Tori was outspoken about her mother’s alleged affair with a family friend, but a year later, Tori and Candy bonded briefly over the birth of Tori’s baby Liam.

Now, however, Candy insists she’s never even met her new grandchild Stella and doesn’t know where Tori’s growing family even lives.

Tori told People magazine that the familial split was natural, not intentional. “I love my mother. I’ve always loved her [and] no doubt she loves me. There’s no feud. We simply never meshed.”

(source)